Wordle your Wordpress: Flash based tag cloud plugin
I’ll never forget the day I discovered Wordle. Colourful, uniquely arranged words, sized according to popularity… beautiful!
In September 2007 WordPress 2.3 launched with tagging built-in. The WordPress tag clouds are a great core feature but fall well short of looking as good as Wordle clouds.
Fancy looking tag clouds aren’t for everyone but if you feel your WordPress tag clouds are looking a bit ordinary, read on.
A few weeks ago I met with programmer Neil E. Pearson to discuss a need to make WordPress tag clouds look like Wordle clouds. Collectively, we produced FatCloud. We are in beta release and are seeking help from other WordPress tag cloud users to iron out any bugs before we officially submit it as a plugin to WordPress. Please download and install FatCloud using the link below. We look forward to your feedback.
Download and add FatCloud as a WordPress plugin : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/netlifes-tag-cloud-fatcloud/
Our flash tag cloud plugin ships with a few skins for you to choose from however you may like to create your own. For those wishing to create their own skin we have made available the .fla and supporting .as files, available as a developer pack here : Developer Pack. Note: font files are not included in the developer pack. While the fonts used in our skins are free to use, it was not known for certain whether we would be entitled to offer them as a download from our website.
FatCloud Example
analytics
api
Applications
browsers
contacts
css
design
fatsync
findability
firefox
harvest
highrise
IE6
IE7
interface design
internet
internet explorer
iridesco
links
media
meraki
noworries
online
optimisation
organic seo
ppc
seo
siterake
statistics
styling
usability
user experience
ux
video
video publishing
web
webalizer
web design
Web Trends
wifi
wireless
youtube
FatCloud by Netlife
FatCloud Settings
FatCloud Settings
Wordle Theme Settings
Wordle Theme Settings
Doesn’t look like fatclould is working under WP 2.9 – getting a fatal error on install. It was working fine under 2.8.
Will this be resolved?
Thanks, I really like the plugin
@diego Fatcloud is working fine for us after we upgraded to Wordpress version 2.9. Contact us via our Contact page and let us know exactly what the error is that you are getting. We might be able to help.
hey! what about transparent background ?
Doesnt work for me, too
wpmu 2.9
installs without problems, but when i try to save options i get a “Error! Options page not found.”
its perhaps based on this change in wp plugin handling:
“Plugins need to register their options”
http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7#Plugins
just installed quickly and easily in WP 2.9.1… thank you
just a reminder to others having issues… make sure you aren’t trying to use it with php4!
Love the way the cloud looks, but can’t install it properly. I don’t know where to embed the code, so I just added the widget to the right sidebar, though the cloud floats on the left side of the screen. Help please.